SPAN: OPEN SUBMISSION EXHIBITION  1 SEPTEMBER – 22 SEPTEMBER 2012
at the Minster Church of St Nicholas, Great Yarmouth

This year will see the first annual Great Yarmouth Arts Festival: A festival to celebrate and exite.

As a major element of the festival we are organising an open submission exhibition to be selected by three highly respected artists who have links with Norfolk.: Jonathan P Watts, Ivy Smith and Lee Grandjean

The exhibition will be organised and curated by Rebecca Weaver

To take part you must complete and return an entry form by Monday 23rd July 2012 to Sarah Campling, 2 Trinity Avenue, Gorleston, Great Yarmouth, NR31 7DD

email address: span@greatyarmouthartsfestival.co.uk

Please note that SPAN is a truly open exhibition

Flyers with information and entry form have been distributed to local libraries and you can also download the  Entry Form from www.greatyarmouthartsfestival.co.uk

The Fisher Theatre. 10 Broad Street, Bungay, NR35 1EE
Tel: 01986-895367 (Office)
Tel: 01986-897130 (Box Office)

Science ‘Eggs-perimiters’: Tuesday 3rd April and Wednesday 4th April – a 2 day event fuill of scientific experiments and demonstrations that will amaze and inspire children of all ages.

Identify Yourself: Wedensday, 11th April – exploring masks from the museum collections on display in the YOU ARE HERE exhibition, and creating own masks.

The YOU ARE HERE exhibition in the temporary gallery is on from 31st March to 11th November 2012 and explores the journeys of people and objects to Great Yarmouth, celebrating both the cultural diversity of the museum collections and the communities that shape the town in the 21st Century.  Entrance to the exhibition is free with normal museum admission.

The Tolhouse Museum with its historic Gaol and the 16th Century Elizabethan Museum are also open from 1st April.  If you visit any one of these museums, there is a discounted entry to the other two.   For further information about Great Yarmouth Museums, including opening times and admission prices,  go to www.museums.norfolk.gov.uk  or email yarmouth.museums@norfolk.gov.uk or tel. 01493 743930. 

The Nelson Museum at 26 South Quay is open  February to November Monday – Friday 10am – 4pm and Saturday & Sunday 1pm – 4pm.  For more information go to  www.nelson-museum.co.uk/.  The wonderful English Heritage Great Yarmouth Row Houses next door on South Quay are open from 1st April Monday to Friday 11am – 4 pm, closed Saturday and Sunday except Good Friday and Easter Monday (but not Easter Sunday), open 11am – 4pm and other holidays.  For more information click here for the Great Yarmouth page on the EH website.

Museums at Night 2012: on Friday 18th May, the museums will be opening their doors for free from 6-10 pm with lots of special evening events and activities for all ages.

Saturday 1 October to Sunday 4 March 2012

Sea View by J.S.Cotman, c1810-20

Discover Great Yarmouth through the eyes of the Norwich School of Artists in this exhibition of paintings and drawings.

This delightful exhibition of paintings and drawings from Norfolk Museums & Archaeology Service collections includes atmospheric views of local landmarks – the beach, jetty and quay side – by artists such as John Sell Cotman, John Crome and Joseph Stannard.

In the 19th century, Norfolk was home to this close-knit group of painters, who formed the first regional group of artists in England. They were inspired by Great Yarmouth, with its bustling quay side and growing popularity as a holiday destination. And as many potential patrons and benefactors lived by the quay, some of the artists chose to make Yarmouth their home.

A programme of talks and family activities complements the exhibition.

For details visit www.museums.norfolk.gov.uk

Admission to the whole Museum £4.80 adults / £4.10 concession / £3.50 Young person (4-16yrs) / under 4’s FREE / Adult in family group £4.00

Opening Times

Until 31 October: Mon – Sun 10am – 5pm

From 1 November: Mon-Fri 10am – 4pm, Sat & Sun 12noon-4pm

“The War”, by rabiD.

rabiD  is currently exhibiting at Great Yarmouth Central Library Galleries (15th-20th August, 2011) with a powerful show of drawings and paintings in aid of MIND, the charity that supports mental health.   rabiD is now planning to take this exhibition to Norwich.  To find out more about this artist  and his work (and an explanation of the image illustrated), go to www.nuffsed.co.uk

Norfolk Libraries has now got a Facebook page where you can find out more about what is going on: http://www.facebook.com/NorfolkLibrariesUK.  To find out about the galleries at Great Yarmouth Central Library and how to book an exhibition, click here.

An exhibition of artworks by Elizabeth Kozmian and friends at Wickampton Farm Barn, Low Road, Wickhampton, Norfolk.  Open Fridays and Sundays, August to mid-September, 11.00 am to 7.00 pm.  

Also workshops and events:

Old Traditions in East Anglia on Saturday 30th July and repeated on Sunday 28th August, both at 3pm.   “George Ewart Evans, Writers and Places” video which Elisabeth edited for BBC with this amazing local historian, about working horses and a short film looking at traditional ploughing techniques using Suffolk Punches made by Mathew Robinson for the Sainsbury Centre for Visual Arts as part of a rural cultures project. Free admission, kind donations welcome for Sea Conservation.

American Indians Day.  Saturday, 20th August 10.30am to 2.30pm. We will be looking at some of the stories and myths, and sharing our own views on their way of life. There will be a period of reflection to the sound of a drum beat, and then we will work making collage with painting. If you have some Native American objects/images please bring them to add to visual stimulation. Please bring vegetarian lunch to share. Day led by Lesley Rastall and Elisabeth Kozmian. For FAMILIES, and adults welcome too, no experience necessary. Fee £ 5 includes art materials, group of 3 people £12

Mask Painting and Collage. Saturday, 10th September 10.30am to 3pm. Workshop with Elisabeth Kozmian, inspired by New Zealand Maori traditions and stories about lost lands! For FAMILIES,and adults welcome too. Fee £5, group of 3 people £12; please bring packed lunches.

 Wickampton Farm Barn, Low Road, Wickhampton, Norfolk.  Tel: 01493 700008, email:  tree_402@fsmail.net

Tea and home made cakes served throughout.

All welcome.

Saturday 9 April – Sunday 4 September 2011 at the Time and Tide Museum, Blackfriars Road, Great Yarmouth

Nothing captures the spirit of the great British seaside holiday quite like the colourful postcards produced by Bamforth and Co between the 1950s and 1970s.

Young holiday makers might sneak a peek at the mischievous illustrations, whilst adults sniggered at the double entendres. These popular cards were an entertaining way of sending greetings back home – with a bit of titillation thrown in.

The exhibition brings together a wonderful selection of cards, original drawings, sketches and paintings. And a film goes behind the scenes to reveal the artists and illustrators at work in the studio.

To add a local flavour, you can also see a display of postcards from Great Yarmouth. Wish You Were Here is a nostalgic reminder of the town’s heyday as a holiday resort.

A touring exhibition from Kirklees Community History Service.

For more information about the exhibition, opening times and entry fees, click here